St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-08
THE LATEST NEWS.
Events of Importance at Home
ana Abroad.

iloillllS oI tne laSC Qay there was an indus
trial parade, which moved over long route
Nearly all the industries of the city wer
represented. At the head of the line wer
tour floats from the Indian school at Carlisle
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company als
had number of floats in line representing
their different departments In tn
afternoon a large audience gathered
in the Opera House. Rev. Arthur C
Powell offered prayer; addresses were
made by Mayor Noell, General II. G. Gibson
and George S. Schmidt; ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Black delivered panegyric on Viii
liam Penn and the other founders of the
Commonwealth, and Judge Gibson read ar
historical sketch of York. In the evening
there was a masquerade parade and genera
illumination of the city. Among the visitor:
were Governor Beaver, General Simon Came
ron, General w. B. Franklin, Representatives
of the city council of Philadelphia, and the
mayor and city council of Lancaster.
The Mckay stitchers have held a meeting
in Haverhill, Mass, and decided to give up
the strike.
The trial of Mr.. William O'Brien under
the crimes act, at Mitchellstown, has
been concluded. The accused was found
guilty and sentenced to three-months' i'm
prisonment. Notice of appeal from the
Judgment of the court was given.
1t is reported in San Francisco that John
ID. Spreckels, president of the Oceanic
Steamship Company, has contracted with the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad for
through express train to run from San
DIEGO fO New Tprly in, ba -,
will carry passengers and mails and make
but few stops. The Oceanic Company's
steamers, if pushed will cross the Pacific
from San Diego to Sydney, stopping at
Auckland, in seventeen or eighteen days.
The total time from Sydney to Liverpool
will be reduced to twenty-eight days.
Mr.. DENLY, the American minister to
China, reports to the State Department that
one Of the chief impediments to the opening
of new branches of trade with the Chinese is
the ignorance of our manufacturers and pro-
ducers of the needs and tastes of the Chinese.
He cites hardware as an example, saying that
the Chinese hardware though cheap, is very
inferior, and that if our manufacturers knew
the tastes of the Chinese they could produce
articles far superior in quality and at COM
peting prices. Some of the European nations,
especially France, Germany and Belgium,
are beginning to look more closely after the
Chinese trade than formerly.
The acting secretary of the interior has
denied the motion of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company for review and reversal
OF the departmental decision of August Is
last, restoring to the public domain lands
yrlth n Ira1r- fnr
poses under the grant The Secretary of the
Interior had denied to the company the right
to select indemnity lands outside of the
State or Territory in which the loss occurred,
and denied that the joint resolution of May
IL, 1870, established second and additional
indemnity belt beyond the first.
Argument in the coupon cases in the
United States Circuit Court at Richmond.
Va, has been finished, and Judge Bond took
the papers, reserving his decision until the
October term. He issued an order restrain
ing the clerk of Fauquier county from issu-
ing any execution, and the sheriff of Fau-
quier county from levying upon any prop
erty of parties who have rendered coupons in
payment of taxes until further orders of the
court.
The commissioner Of pensions in 1871 COM
PEELED Pittsburg attorney to pay over $210 |
which, it was alleged, he had wrongfully |
withheld from Margaret Parker, pensioner
The money was afterward paid out by the
commissioner to the wrong person. and the
inquiry is now made whether the govern
ment is compelled to make good Mrs. Par
kers loss. The deputy comptroller of the
treasury has decided that, as the money was
paid to an authorized attorney, all
of its obligations have been discharged, and
this holding is not modified by the fact that
the then pension commissioner compelled the
agent to repay money wrongfully withheld,
but paid it out to the wrong person.
At the meeting of the Central Labor Union
in New York, resolutions were offered call
ing upon the union to condemn the judges
Of the Supreme Court of Illinois for sealing
he condemnation Of the Chicago Anarchists
As soon as they had been read, Delegate
Weinstein, printer, moved that a commit
zee be appointed to call mass meeting to
condemn the sentence. A motion to lay the
'esolution on the table was lost. Then
tfter great uproar George G. Block, of the
National Bakers Union, made speech on
he resolution. He was interrupted by
'ry of "God bless the hand that threw that
,omb!" "Yes,' added Mr.. Block, ''God
,less that bomb!' The majority of the
delegates cried ''shamel' and another scene
# confusion occurred. Finally, Weinstein's
notion was carried, and the minority left
he hall.
Ex-Governor Porter, of Tennessee, who
las just resigned the first assistant secretary
hip of state, has been in Nashville.
Ie talked freely about politics. He said:
Hill has never had any preside strength
nd he has perfect understanding with |
leveland, and will support him. Cleveland
ill be easily nominated, and the second
lace on the Democratic ticket will go to the ,
Vest. Blaine would be nominated if he ]
'ould receive the nomination. but if Re I
ublican prospects do not improve Blaine
i'll not risk another defeat; in that event !
1Iison will be the Republican nominee.
r. Cleveland is very solicitous to have his :
arty agree on compromise tariff BILL and
ne will be offered to the next House."